Ed Algra, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1930, now living near Rotterdam. My education was a technical one, I came by accident to artistry, although I always had much interest in art, photography and music.ÂÂ
I’m a retired chemical engineer, worked at a research institute on mechanical properties of plastics and composite materials. I heard of fractals for the first time in the late eighties, and then read the well known books of Prof. Hans Lauwerier and other authors on this subject. At that time I also attended a Fractal symposium at the Technical University Delft, where Benoît Mandelbrot and some other prominent authors revealed the secrets of this new mathematical world. The pictures they showed made an overwhelming impression. Years after that, after my retirement and the connection to the web in 2005, I discovered what had happened in the meantime, the birth of a new kind of art, based on fractal concepts. Then it became a creative hobby for me. Both the mathematical and the artistic side of it have my interest.  Especially Ultra Fractal offers the possibility to write your own fractal math codes, and I love it to do so. I started Renderosity uploading on instigation of Arend Nijdam, aka “Fractelaar†in September 2005.
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Comments (25)
eldana07
Beautiful work! Thank you!
annie5
I agree with you,the background gives a painterly effect!Wonderful work :)
Tropsie
Beautiful, especially the "blossom", and the soft lines that run along the main arms. The colours a strong and mighty !
lyron
Wonderful!!
farmerC
Schitterend werk Ed. fijne kleuren gebruikt.
SSoffia
WONDERFUL MOVEMENT TEXTURES & COLORS : )
kleinhoon
Origineel werk met fraaie kleuren en een schitterende achtergrond!
3x3
lovely newton flow Ed
carlx
Wonderful colors, lights, and atmosphere, Ed!!!
Juliette.Gribnau
zo leer ik langzaam aan de newtonformule te waarderen ! mooi werk weer Ed
fractalbeke
Het plaatje suggereert dynamisme... van een sneldraaiende schroef? Het geheel oogt zeer fraai. Goed gekozen kleurcombinatie eveneens.
bpclarke
The little beads on the floral design are fantastic. Splendid design and background. Excellent mix of textures. Bunny
Hafapea
Gorgeous :)
amota99517
Gorgeous work! Love the colors.
rj2650
Looks really nice.
Henny31
yes colors are definitely mysterious and gorgeous..
daffodilbaggins
VERY nicely done, Ed! Impressive painted effect, too!
VDH
Excelent werk!
wannes
Uitstekend en uniek gebruik van fractal... Schitterend werk!!!
mel841
The painterly effect is outstanding! Excellent work!
afugatt
WOW! I love it!
three_grrr
I really like these "Newton's Mystery" fractals you are creating. They are gorgeous, and yes, the background does create a painterly effect, making this one magical!
mountmous
Mooi!
mansco
Lovely colours and textures ;O)
Eleandras
Beautiful texture!